Boesenbergia rotunda

Common name: Fingerroot

Family: Zingiberaceae

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Country of Origin: Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia

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USDA Zone:

Source: Kress Collection, SI#1999188

Provenance:

Kress# 99-6511
Kress, W. J., Bordelon, M., Williams, K. J., Thet Htun
Myanmar: Mandalay Division: Pyin-Oo-Lwin Township
Dat Taw Gyaik Water Fall,  Trail to waterfall
21.9786, 96.5528, 03 Jul 1999

Herb with shoots to 1.2 m, leaves entirely green, base of stem deep red.  
Inflorescence terminal on leafy shoot, primary bracts deep green, bracteoles pale green and hidden within shoot.  
Flowers: corolla tube white, petals and lateral staminodes pink

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Zingiberales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Zingiberaceae
• SubFamily: Zingiberoideae
• Tribe: Zingibereae
• SubTribe:

References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, 04 May, 2019.
3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) used with the permission of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20560-0193. Last accessed on Friday, 12 July, 2019.

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